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the head | the hand ([personal profile] headandhand) wrote in [community profile] dualislogs2020-01-07 12:32 pm

Baby lately the plans we're making

WHO: Open to all Dualizens
WHAT: Your regularly scheduled NAPs event for the month
WHERE: Our Crazy Jane's Gallows!
WHEN: January 7-10
WARNINGS: Please use these if applicable!

Look at all of these bright, shining new faces! There’s even a few less bright, less shining faces - maybe even a few folks without faces - but hey, this city welcomes all types. Chances are, if you’ve just arrived, you're seeing some pretty crazy things, unless you're used to an eye-blinding amount of neon, robots, weird-ass technology, magic, and an omnipresent police force...and hey, if you are, congrats, you're gonna settle in just fine! But for the rest of you, the Head knows this is gonna be pretty overwhelming, right?

Well, since your quaint individual processing units are probably having a hard time, why not link up with another one? By which the Head means...

Hello, new citizens of Dualis,
and welcome to your monthly Network Adjacency Protocol~!



NAPs are a monthly community networking event similar to the Earth concept of speed dating. Two citizens (new arrivals and old hands alike) are placed at a table together with a handy cue card of queries to help break the proverbial ice. Ask (possibly invasive) personal questions and receive results - or ignore the card and yeet yourself straight into a brand new friendship, whatever works! But don't be too shy - you've only got ten minutes together, and if you just sit in silence for the whole ten, the Network Admins are likely to come supervise and try to repair the uplink through a mild shock to the ol' central nervous system. You might find yourself saying all sorts of unintended facts about yourself if that happens...probably better to just make friends, right? Who doesn’t like friends?!

Upon arrival, most will be ushered in by the Admins into the Gallery. Just ignore that large painting on the graffiti wall. Once inside you can begin to mingle and meet your fellow Dualizens, the city has also provided box wine, crackers and cheese as refreshments, a lovely Charcuterie spread laid out for any to sample while looking at the art and mingling.

This month there are two other lovely items for your amusement or horror! First off is a Karaoke machine, how the hell did they pull off getting every song you can think of with lyrics to all? Though, nearly every foul word is replaced with the sound a goose honking, have fun with that! Also, along with your normal note cards of questions you will find blank paper and kiddie packs of crayons. Make some art and leave it behind or leave it for your new friend!
sociallychallenged: (2 5 8)

[personal profile] sociallychallenged 2020-02-06 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Nope, just a whole gallery of death.

"Hey, were you here for the ball? Where they had the ice sculptures of death gods but with the Macy's parade-style color themes? This place is morbid as hell. Stepford Wives with neon lights."
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[personal profile] notverycinematic 2020-02-13 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah. It was almost nice?" At least it was a party, that she couldn't argue with. Kind of a stupid, morbid party, but still a party. "I mean, as long as you think 'nice' is colorful death."
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[personal profile] sociallychallenged 2020-02-16 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
"It had booze but honestly I just don't think I'm fuckin' classy enough for these things. Hell, I probably wasn't classy enough for my own fuckin' wedding."

Who would ever consider a man in a brilliant disco shirt that classy.

"I know a guy who had a statue of his sister up there because she's a goddess of death. Way to have a weird reminder of family."
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[personal profile] notverycinematic 2020-02-18 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
"I mean, let's be honest, if you have to be classy to go to a wedding, you're at the wrong kind of wedding." At least you're not at the fun kind, you know like that train wreck that everyone just watches unfold slowly while taking bets on how long the marriage is going to last? That's the good shit.

"Yeah, that's kind of a lot creepy."
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[personal profile] sociallychallenged 2020-02-18 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
"That's a good point. I'll remember that for next time."

Because he did have one of those weddings, where someone kept pointing out that the groom was forty and she was early thirties and they took bets on how long it would last. A few people won.

"Have you run into people from home? Or ones that look close to it?"
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[personal profile] notverycinematic 2020-02-20 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
"Nope. Not sure how I feel about that." On one hand, great, on the other great. And all of that. Nice that her friends aren't being tortured, kinda wishes they were there to help. Kinda like everyone, she guesses. There's an upside and a downside.
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[personal profile] sociallychallenged 2020-02-20 07:48 am (UTC)(link)
"A couple of people from mine are here. One I only knew by reputation. Like... big huge major reputation. MLK Jr. Mother Teresa style rep, you know?"

So pulling him away from home? A real fuckin' huge problem... for home.

He could do some real good here, if they played their cards right.
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[personal profile] notverycinematic 2020-02-23 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
"Sounds big." Fuck, it's really starting to feel like whoever's grabbing people doesn't give a shit. Because, you know, that wasn't obvious before by the way they were grabbing people.

"They gonna be okay without them?" Probably not; with a reputation like that he's definitely going to be missed. And probably a lot of things are going to be fucked now.